The fabulous showgirl

Posted November 21st, 2005 by jhuny

There were two particularly fabulous moments that night:
- the fabulous clubbed-up reinvention of Hand On Your Heart. It reminded me of Roger Sanchez's Another Chance (or maybe it was the love-hearts). I for one would love to hear the original to be remixed and re-released because it sounded awesome. Besides, it's been awhile since I'd bought any Kylie gear and, apart from the up-coming DVD of the tour, there's nothing to look forward to until she's well enough to work again. (UPDATE: I just read on the official Kylie website about the digital-only release of Somewhere Over The Rainbow on Christmas...)
- the fabulous staying-true-to-the-original I Should Be So Lucky. It was quite a shock, bold and defiant, Kylie singing such a sugary-sweet (and dare I say daggy) pop song so proudly and enthusiastically, it was like she was telling us, in her sweet and well-mannered way, to "fuck off, this is my song, I think it's rather good". I just couldn't stop smiling.

It's such a shame about the circumstances, and it's easy to understand why she was so disappointed that Australia didn't get to see this show because it looks bloody incredible. That stage is fucking mind-blowing. I don't think we got a full idea of how good it is and how it gets used, in the snippets that we saw on TV. It was like Mega-Techno-Vegas, fit for a modernised 21st Century showgirl like Kylie. And so many clever moments, too, like putting the Can't Get You Out Of My Head choreography with Locomotion and taking the piss out of herself and turning the whole arena into one giant Karaoke room for Especially For You. It seems like such a full and complete retrospective, it even has references to those classic b-side dance tracks I Guess I Like It Like That and Do You Dare. And, how cool, she even throws in a bit of Nick Cave as well. If anything was missing it was the easy-going banter that Kylie does with the audience throughout her shows, but I guess those bits just got cut for TV.

Kylie, I'm still holding on to my ticket. Can't wait to see this show (I hope I'm not on tour or something) it looks fabulous.

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